Shantou Dragon Boat Race in Shantou Bay, China

In many areas of China, dragon boat races are usually held on the Dragon Boat Festival, and most of them are conducted as a competitive sport. According to Shantou City Folk Artists Association vice chairman Yin Zhenkai introduction, in Chaoshan, "dragon boat" activities from the beginning of summer every year, has continued to the end of the fall, to the Dragon Boat Festival day to reach a climax, but the competitive nature of the race is not very strong, but to the entertainment-oriented.

Shantou, as the confluence of the Han, Rong and Lian rivers, has always had wide waters and long ditches, which provide unique natural conditions for dragon boat races, and many dragon boat race resorts have emerged. The most famous to count the moon Pu ditch south village, ditch lake village, the lift Ding village, Qiaotou village, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Chaonan, etc. There are also a number of races warmly.